Shloka 6

Chapter 30: Formation Disruption, Competing War-Cries, and Nīla’s Fall

Droṇa-parva

Devanagari script

ततः पञ्चशतान्‌ वीरान्‌ गान्धारानुद्यतायुधान्‌ | प्राहिणोन्मृत्युलोकाय क्रुद्धो बाणैर्धनं॑जय:,फिर क्रोधमें भरे हुए धनंजयने हथियार उठाये हुए पाँच सौ गान्धारदेशीय वीरोंको अपने बाणोंसे मारकर यमलोक भेज दिया

Transliteration

tataḥ pañcaśatān vīrān gāndhārān udyatāyudhān | prāhiṇon mṛtyulokāya kruddho bāṇair dhanaṃjayaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya said: Then Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna), inflamed with wrath, struck down with his arrows five hundred Gandhāra warriors who had raised their weapons, and sent them to the realm of Death.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• पञ्चशतान्: five hundred
• पञ्चशतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चशत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीरान्: heroes, warriors
• वीरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गान्धारान्: Gandhāra men
• गान्धारान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• उद्यतायुधान्: with weapons raised
• उद्यतायुधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यत-आयुध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राहिणोत्: sent forth, dispatched
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हि (धातु: हि/हिण्)
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मृत्युलोकाय: to the world of Death (Yama's realm)
• मृत्युलोकाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु-लोक
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृध्-क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• धनंजयः: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna)
• धनंजयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनंजय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhanaṃjaya (Arjuna)
• Gandhāra warriors
• Mṛtyuloka (realm of Death/Yama)